Photo story: Alvin Ailey dancers perform this week

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater with the Rudy Hawkins Singers will perform at 8 p.m. Jan. 31Feb. 2, 2 p.m. (1-hour family performance) and 8 p.m. Feb. 3, and 3 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Detroit Opera House, 1526 Broadway. The performances are a collaboration of the University Musical Society (UMS), the Arts League of Michigan and the Detroit Opera House.

Tickets are $50, $40, $34, $24 and $15 for regular performances; $15 adults and $5 children for the family performance. Student rush tickets, priced at $10, may be purchased 10 a.m.6 p.m. the day of the performance (Friday for weekend performances) at the Power Center box office. If available, rush tickets may be purchased at the door for 50 percent of the published price.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call the UMS box office, (734) 764-2538 or (800) 221-1229 outside the 734 area code; the Detroit Opera House, (313) 237-7464; or TicketMaster, (248) 645-6666.